When You Make a Child Feel Anxious, You Steal Their Ability to Think Rationally [psychcentral.com]
By W. R. Cummings, Psych Central, September 8, 2019 Sometimes, as adults, we use unhealthy methods to change our children’s behavior. We mean well, but we focus more on immediate change than we do on long-term success. Instead of teaching kids skills to make independent choices, we teach them how to obey our demands. More often than not, we use emotional manipulation to get the results that make our lives easier instead of the ones that make their lives more successful. How many people do...